The Washington critic., 1887-01-20

1lisoock of ability and inlcg.
rity. The Tri5Uno considers him
of "full Senatorial size" as able and
well.cquippcd as either Mr., Miller or Mr..
Morton. The charge will, no doubt,
lie made that lIiscock's election is the
fruit Of bargain, which is to cventuatc
in Morton's election as successor TO Mr..
Evarts, but of this there is no direct
evidence. II there has been any trade
1t Is doubtless like the British Consti-
tuition, an unwritten one. The sup
portcrs of Mr. lllscock undoubtedly
expect to profit by It, as the Demo
cratic supporters of Mr.. Dawes expect
10 profit by his re election in Massachu.
sets but this does not necessarily i'm.
ply corruption, AS a political move,
supposing it to be deliberately taken,
IL is in the interest of Republican har-
mony,
THERE is great complaint of
scarcity Of water in the city of New
York, owing to the general waste that
is going on during the cold weather
Chief Engineer Birdsall of the Croton
Aqueduct says It will only he ques.
tion of time when every family will
have to store away It's water supply at
night for use in the morning. The
situation In Washington is quite as
bad, and there seems TO be no rem.
edy for IT.. The people stand in
greater terror of the plumber than they
do Of the inspector, and so let their
water run night after night and day
after day, for that matter How to
remedy this condition Of things is
conuudrum that battles the skill of the
authorities but 1t is certainly Il great
wrong that the people who pay big
water rates should be compelled for
two or three months in the year TO 20
without water.
JEpGE WANEMs great hold consists
in conveying II moral. Few statesmen
in this or any other age have done so
much in this line of conveyance.
Hence the eagerness with which the
vivid story Of his experiences as a
Congressional pallbearer, reproduced
in yesterdays CRTtC, was seized upon
by an apparently Unsuitable public.
Such was the unprecedented demand
that II large extra edition was soon en-.
hausted, and we therefore reprint 1t
,,.s Il t,,, 81.
the Jedge's trousers, which, by an
accidental ''transposition of takes" as
the printers call it, were somewhat
awkwardly misplaced yesterday, are in
to.day's edition put in proper and pre-
sentable shape.
\ CoRREsPoNDENT makes just COM
plant of the damp houses which are
often imposed upon tenants as suitable
human habitations. Some stringent
sanitary regulations ought to be
adopted in regard to this matter.
Houses that cannot be made dry either
by winter fires or summer heat ought
to be reconstructed before they are put
upon the market. Why not institute
system of inspection for such cases ?"
The wedding of August Spies and
Nina Van Zandt appears to be postponed
indefinitely, as the lady in the case
cannot get Spies out of jail on habeas
corpus, and Spies cannot get the lady
in on habeas corpus. The best advice
that Leonard SWEET has ever given his
client is not TO marry on the road to the
gall0ws. One moose at time Is quite
as much as man can afford to take
chances on.
THE Senatorial contest in Massachu
sets ended yesterday in the reelection
| Of Mr.. Dawes through the assistance of
his Democratic friends. The nature Of
The obligation thus incurred is not
stated. 1t cannot be denied, however,
that Mr.. Dawes showed good general.
ship all through the fight. As for Mr.
Long, he is q young man yet, with a
future before him.
TnE reelection of Mr.. Cockrell of
Missouri is a gratifying tribute to one
of the most useful and conscientious
members of the Senate, who has in.
yariably taken the side of the people in
their contentious with the big corpora.
tions, and manifested on all occasions
an active and dislnterested zeal in the
public service.
Mr.. GEORGE HEARST, who has the
reputation of being the best mining ex
pert on the Pacific Coast, has struck /,
again. lie was yesterday re elected tc
the United States Senate.
Mr.. LONG of Massachusetts, Is con
graduating Mr.. Iliscock of New York
and Mr.. IIiscoch is sorry that he cannot
return the compliment.
ANOTHER mob" heard from. This
time 1t is an Albany mob, and elects
Mr.. Frank Hiscock to the United State,
Senate.
NOTES AND GOSSIP.
| EXGovERSoR LUKE p. BlACKBuRN o
Kentucky, is very III on his Arkansas plan
tation, and is attended by his son DR.. Carr
Black burn.
NEW YORK's annual charity ball viii
come of at the NJ tropolitan Opera IIous